BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 28 August – Friday 3 September 2010

Title: Scottish Premier League - Aberdeen V Kilmarnock

The latest full-match coverage from the SPL.

Transmitted: Saturday 28th August 2010
Time: 17:30


Title: An Ceanadach – Calum Kennedy

A tribute to the late Calum Kennedy. The programme reflects on his career which spanned half a century and a variety of stage and screen personalities give their recollections of "An Ceanadach".

Transmitted: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: 20:30


Title: Soillse: Climbing Mount Aconagua

The 'Stone Sentinel' is one of the nicknames of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and part of the Andean Cordillera. At 6,962 metres, it's the highest mountain on the continent.

Katia Lafaille is the widow of Jean-Christophe Lafaille, the well-known mountaineer who disappeared near the summit of Makalu in the Himalayas. She's also the mother of two children, aged 7 and 15. So what is it that drives her to attempt one of the toughest trails in the world?

Transmitted: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Time: 21:00


Title: A Song of Crotal & White An-diugh

Updating the impression of life on the Isle of Lewis given by the MacDonald Sisters, first broadcast in 1969.

Transmitted: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Time: 21:00


Title: Live Rugby - Glasgow Warriors V Leinster

Live Magners League rugby kicks-off on BBC ALBA as Glasgow take on Leinster at Firhill.

Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 19:00


Title: Aig Cridhe ar Ciuil

Unrequited love, tragedy and broken hearts often spring to mind when mention is made of Gaelic song. However, humour also has its own place. Rona Lightfoot and Donnie Macleod are amongst the singers who demonstrate the lighter side of Gaelic song.

Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 21:30